Empressleaks Admnistrator granted ¢300,000 bail
The Prosecution has been ordered to file the AG’s advice within one month.
Jonas Danquah 
The administrator of a pornography website, ‘Empressleaks’ who was arrested for sexual extortion has been granted a bail by the Accra Circuit Court.
The website administrator, Anderson Ofosuhene Anim alias Morio Gee, who appeared before an Accra Circuit court on Wednesday was admitted to bail in the sum of ¢300,000 with two sureties to be justified with landed property.
The documents of the landed property must be deposited at the Courts Registry pending the final determination of the case.
The court presided over by Susana Eduful adjourned the matter to October 12, awaiting the advice from the Attorney General’s Department.
It further ordered the Prosecution to file the AG’s advice within one month.
Meanwhile, the court is yet to take the plea of the accused person but he is currently being charged with the offence of obscenity, child pornography, extortion and money laundering.
But pending the advice from the Attorney General’s office, his charges may be increased or decreased. He is to reappear on October 12, 2020.
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Background
The Administrator of a pornography website Empressleak was arrested for illegally publishing nude pictures and videos of persons without their consent.
The 35-year-old suspect, Anderson Ofosu Hene Amin, popularly known as Mario G, was arrested at his hideout in the Eastern Region by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) of the Ministry of Communications, in collaboration with the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.
His arrest followed a report made by a senior high school student on January 6, 2020, to the Cyber Crime Unit that her nude picture was published without her consent.
This was made known at a joint press briefing organised by the Ghana Police Service and the Ministry of Communications.
The Communications Minister, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, explained that the website in question has been noted for publishing child pornographic content for the past six years.
“Available evidence including witness statement showed that the website has been demanding money from unsuspecting victims before their content is pulled down.
“Analysis conducted by the National Cyber Crime Centre has revealed that the website has about 600,000 viewers monthly in Ghana, Nigeria, and the United States.
“On January 6, this year, the computer emergency response team of the cyber security agency received a report which led to his arrest on July 31,” she indicated.
The sector minister noted that the issue of sexual extortion, now known as ‘sextortion’ has become a common practice in the country.
Anderson Ofosu Hene Amin has since been charged with the offence of obscenity, child pornography, extortion of money and money laundering.
